Occult detectives
Film or TV containing an occult detective[1], usually involving someone in law enforcement or an academic or a journalist who either investigates a mundane event that leads them into dark and strange depths or they are already interested in the topic and specifically seek it out.
Intriguingly, while this cross-genre is a popular source for film and especially TV, most of the original characters that inspired them haven't themselves been adapted, like Carnacki[2] (Martin Hesselius or John Silence or Flaxman Low or Jules de Grandin or John Thunstone or Simon Iff or pretty much everyone except Van Helsing). It seems that with the success of Sherlock and Steampunk or Victorian/Edwardian fiction being popular now might be the time - someone should phone Mark Gatiss.
See also: I have an archaeological adventurer list, which has some crossover with this list, as well as being another well-known archetype. I also started the keyword occult detective on here and added most of the titles to it.
Further reading: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OccultDetective
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult_detective_fiction
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnacki
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Intriguingly, while this cross-genre is a popular source for film and especially TV, most of the original characters that inspired them haven't themselves been adapted, like Carnacki[2] (Martin Hesselius or John Silence or Flaxman Low or Jules de Grandin or John Thunstone or Simon Iff or pretty much everyone except Van Helsing). It seems that with the success of Sherlock and Steampunk or Victorian/Edwardian fiction being popular now might be the time - someone should phone Mark Gatiss.
See also: I have an archaeological adventurer list, which has some crossover with this list, as well as being another well-known archetype. I also started the keyword occult detective on here and added most of the titles to it.
Further reading: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OccultDetective
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult_detective_fiction
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnacki
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- CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.Here for the thumbnail graphic, the list begins below:
- DirectorCurt SiodmakHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard CarlsonKing DonovanJean ByronThe Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.The first of a trilogy of films that tell the adventures of the Office of Scientific Investigation, a proto-X-Files team who investigate mysteries (although they tend to have a hard science explanation).
- DirectorRichard CarlsonHerbert L. StrockStarsWilliam LundiganHerbert MarshallRichard CarlsonThree men are assigned by the Office of Scientific Investigation to man rocket ships to outer space and attempt to capture a meteor.The second film in the trilogy, here for the sake of completeness as there isn't much here that mysterious.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard EganConstance DowlingHerbert MarshallA security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsLeslie NielsenPeter Mark RichmanJudi MeredithPolice call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.Pilot for a series with Lovecraftian elements.
- CreatorEiji TsuburayaStarsKenji SaharaYasuhiko SaijôHiroko SakuraiThe first entry of Tsuburaya Productions' "Ultra Series," in which an aviator/amateur sci-fi writer, his plucky assistant, and a young female newspaper reporter investigate strange phenomena, usually involving aliens and giant monsters.Like a B&W X-Files with giant monsters.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three UN Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLouis JourdanLynda Day GeorgeCarroll O'ConnorA psychiatrist investigates a man possessed by a spirit living in an antique mirror that can bring dead people back to life.
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsJoseph BarberaStarsDon MessickCasey KasemNicole JaffeA group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.One of the classics of early occult detecting, at least until Scrappy Doo joined the gang!!
There are also animated standalone movies, but I'll focus on the live action spin-offs on this list to avoid this swerving into a largely Scooby Doo list. - DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- 1971–197352m6.4 (117)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan CookeStarsDonald PleasenceTony SteedmanMichele DotriceA ghost detective named Carnacki investigates the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the homeowner's daughter and her fiance. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.The only Carnacki adaptation I am aware of, from a series adapting works based on other detectives around at the time of Sherlock Holmes.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDavid JanssenBarbara RushBradford DillmanAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.Public domain, get from the Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/MoonoftheWolf_ - DirectorDan CurtisStarsDarren McGavinJo Ann PflugSimon OaklandA reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRoy ThinnesDon PorterAngie DickinsonAn investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsLeonard NimoySusan HampshireRachel RobertsA US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate them.
- CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsRobert CulpGig YoungJohn HurtA criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGranville Van DusenBeatrice StraightTovah FeldshuhAfter a near-death experience from a vehicle accident, a sportswriter finds that people in the afterlife are able to contact him and cryptically suggest that he help someone they know.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsGranville Van DusenJoBeth WilliamsBarnard HughesA golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island. An episode called "Monster" from the TV-series "The World Beyond".
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonBrian GrazerStarsTrevor EveDennis DuganNina FochA disparate duo investigates the paranormal.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThe discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsFred WardDavid WarnerJulianne MooreIn a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Occult detectives are very popular these days (as popular as they were back in Victorian/Edwardian times, when Spiritualism was at its height being opposed by the emerging modern scientific method) and it is always going to be difficult pinning down quite what one work helped take things to the next level. However, if you were forced to pick something, then it has to be The X-Files, whose influence can clearly be seen in Alias, Warehouse 13, Fringe, etc. where you have slicker, often government-backed investigators into what is usually the more scientifically strange.
Where you have the scuzzier, private eye delving into occult matters (Dresden Files, Lord of Illusions, Curandero, Grimm and all the other such investigators in urban fantasy/horror books and comics that haven't made it to the screen) then you have to point the finger at Hellblazer, which was disappointingly adapted as Constantine. - 1991–19931h 46mTV-PG6.7 (1.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorTim SullivanStarsJeremy BrettEdward HardwickeRoy MarsdenSherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.An adaptation of ACD's Sherlock story "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire".
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsScott BakulaKevin J. O'ConnorJ. Trevor EdmondA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.
- CreatorPeter AykroydChristopher ChaconStarsNancy Anne SakovichBarclay HopeColin FoxA science team that works for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates the reports of supernatural phenomena.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
- StarsJack DavenportSusannah HarkerIdris ElbaThe six-episode series, first aired in 1998, stars Jack Davenport as Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield, who discovers a secret government vampire-hunting unit while investigating the disappearance of his partner.A policeman's investigations dig too deep and he discovers some dark truths about the way the world works - a successful updating of vampires, definitely worth a watch.
- CreatorDavid GreenwaltJoss WhedonStarsDavid BoreanazCharisma CarpenterAlexis DenisofThe vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption.Buffy spin-off which starts off with Angel setting up his own detective agency, although that story engine was largely sidelined later on.
- DirectorRalph HemeckerStarsYancy ButlerAnthony CistaroConrad DunnWitchblade is the story of New York detective, Sara Pezzini, whose search for justice leads her to an arcane weapon that grants her the power to battle Earth's darkest evil forces.Pilot for the TV series
- DirectorMark HaberStarsMichael DeLorenzoClayton RohnerLewis Fitz-GeraldA private detective stumbles into limbo - and is shocked to find it inhabited by dead criminals trying to make it back to the land of the living, with hard-working detectives trying to stop them. Accompanied by an other-worldly aid, he battles to foil the villainous plans of a particularly ghastly ghost.Decent enough for a TV movie with some nice design touches, that felt like it could have been the launchpad for a series. Unfortunately, the rather flat enemy didn't do it any favours, despite a great turn by Clayton Rohner - I'd certainly have watched more of him. I suspect they needed a slightly higher budget so they could fancy the effects up a bit. However, RIPD pretty much stole the whole story from Border Patrol and threw in much better effects (thanks to a budget that must have been a few orders of magnitude higher than BP's), but wasn't much more entertaining.
- DirectorPitofStarsGérard DepardieuGuillaume CanetInés SastreParis, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinCarl LumblySydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.On the surface a spy-fi series but one with a more... occult storyline running through it (revolving around Rambaldi[1]). Could be seen as dabbling in themes that would be explicit in JJ Abrams' later TV series Fringe.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Rambaldi - CreatorMarc SilvestriMichael TurnerStarsYancy ButlerDavid ChokachiAnthony CistaroNYPD Det. Sara Pezzini has a supernatural weapon and abilities to help her fight evil.
- CreatorEvan KatzStarsMichael LandesAlexondra LeeRichard GantDetectives Kate Benson and Nick O'Malley from a secret Chicago P.D. unit solve violent crimes committed by mythological creatures aka 'Links' while trying to hide the Links existence from the general public.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyDavid EigenbergA reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsMatthew LillardFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle GellarAfter an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsMatt FrewerKenneth WelshShawn LawrenceSherlock Holmes investigates a series of death rumoured to be caused by a vampire.Not an actual adaptation and it doesn't actually include a vampire, although initially that is what they assume it is before it turning out to be a weirdy bunch of berobed occultists. Oh and Sherlock Holmes is played by Max Headroom, which is... unusual, but this is only one of four Holmes stories with Matt Frewer at the helm, the other three are actual adaptations, making this even odder.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanDoug JonesSelma BlairA demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle GellarMatthew LillardThe Mystery Inc. gang must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsHugh JackmanKate BeckinsaleRichard RoxburghThe famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.
- DirectorBen RockStarsDavid BickfordBob DeRosaDesi DoyenAn reporter trying to figure out that a secret agency named "B.P.R.D"(related to Hellboy(2004)) has ever existed or not.There is something online but not of the length listed here. You can watch it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvIJQGz9s-Q - DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.Based on the Hellblazer comics, and it was all a little disappointing. If they'd cast better and stuck closer to the source material it would have been much better, but judged without the source material in mind, it wasn't too bad - well not as bad as I was expecting it to be anyway!!
- DirectorEduardo RodriguezStarsSergio AcostaGizeht GalateaCarlos GallardoA journey that takes one man into the bowels of black magic in Mexico City
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsMichelle ForbesAimee GarciaJosh HopkinsDetective Sean Flynn and scientist Kate Finch are the latest recruits of The Global Frequency, a secret rogue spy agency that handles threats to global security. They must find a man who's somehow been melting people with his mind.Pilot for a TV series based on Warren Ellis' comic book series of the same name[1], which feature a group dealing with global threats from the paranormal to the technological. The series was never picked up but other people were working on another adaptation. I do wonder if Fringe has rather poured cold water on this, but then perhaps its success made it more likely. Unfortunately, as nothing has been heard of this in a few years it might be dead again.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Frequency - CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.Draws heavily on that dirty modern magic feel popularised in Hellbalzer, at the time of writing it has managed to capture this far better than any John Constantine outing yet.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsStuart TownsendGabrielle UnionEric JungmannInvestigative reporter Carl Kolchak, who's after his wife's killer, teams up with Perri Reed, Jain McManus, and their boss Tony Vincenzo to investigate strange crimes in Los Angeles that may contain dark supernatural elements.
- DirectorKiyoshi YamamotoStarsSayaka HosakaHitomi MiwaKazunori TaniNanami and Daisue join their high school's occult research club to investigate a curse surrounding a student who committed suicide after being possessed by the spirit of a doll. They go to "The Doll Cemetery" - but will they leave alive?aka Occult Detective Club: The Doll Cemetery
- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.A police detective ends up tracking down odd artefacts which all came from one obscure motel room where something very strange happened.
- DirectorChristopher McCullochStarsJames UrbaniakPatrick WarburtonMichael SinterniklaasWhile Dr. Venture constructs his Venturestien Monster, Brock has an existential crisis and a parody "Scooby Gang" arrives, looking to solve a "Mystery". Hilarity, violence, tripping on some vine juice, and a general pissing on Scooby Doo.I thought this worth flagging up as one of the best Scooby Doo spoofs, where the influences not only draw from the show but also real-life killers and lunatics.[1]
Oddly I was wondering if anyone had tried this only days before it popped up on TV, as if The Universe itself was answering my question. Thank you Universe.
[1] http://venturebrothers.wikia.com/wiki/The_Groovy_Gang - CreatorHans BeimlerRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsPaul BlackthorneValerie CruzTerrence MannHarry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.Based on the novel series by Jim Butcher.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanSelma BlairDoug JonesA prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth. Hellboy and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonBilly ConnollyMulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordCate BlanchettShia LaBeoufIndiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.It might not be the occult they are investigating but the science is so far out there, Clarke's Third Law[1 applies.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws - CreatorJane EspensonD. Brent MoteStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekPete and Myka, U.S Secret Service agents, are deployed in South Dakota's Warehouse 13 with a new assignment from an authority above and outside the government.Secret service agents hunt down mysterious artefacts
- DirectorKevin MunroeStarsBrandon RouthAníta BriemSam HuntingtonThe adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.A rather disappointing adaptation of the classic Italian comic series[1], there were some nice ideas but the execution was poor and the ending was laughable. Pity.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Dog - DirectorHark TsuiStarsTony Ka Fai LeungChao DengCarina LauAn exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.Inspired by real-life figure Di Renjie[1], who inspired a number of detective stories, the 18th Century Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee[2] and the English-language translator would then go on to write a series of Judge Dee stories[3], and here takes a leap off into stranger territory.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Renjie
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrated_Cases_of_Judge_Dee
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dee_stories - DirectorTapio Ranta-ahoStarsTimo-Jussi HämäläinenAleksi KuutioMarkku SalonenFinland's most iconic fictional police detective, Inspector Palmu is assigned to investigate when three youngsters go missing near Espoo. The evidence begins to mount that the case is extremely Lovecraftian.
- CreatorJim DunnSam ErnstStarsEmily RoseLucas BryantEric BalfourMany in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsStephen ManganDarren BoydLisa JacksonHolistic detective Gently relies on the universe to unravel mysteries based on the 'interconnectedness of all things'.A subversion/inversion of the genre but worth flagging up here.
- CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
- DirectorRoberto D'AntonaStarsRoberto D'AntonaFrancesco EmuloMichele Friuli"My name is Dylan Dog, I'm a nightmare inquiring, but lately I'm a failed ..." so begins the new adventure of the beloved Old Boy, now exhausted and tormented by strange nightmares for several nights hiding something truly terrifying pushing him to depression. A terrifying adventure awaits our Dylan, an adventure that will haunt his mind through his sleep remembering the steps of the "Divine Comedy" opera. In the company of Mr. Dog, there will be his loyal assistant Groucho, the old Inspector Bloch and many others. Some will help him, others will want to kill him.
- DirectorSasa NumicStarsBen SetonTim PowellJames BlakelyWatch on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/38613752 - DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsRyan ReynoldsJeff BridgesMary-Louise ParkerA cop killed by his own partner joins RIPD, an afterlife law enforcement department working to apprehend various monsters disguised as humans living on earth, and gets paired up with a smart-mouthed veteran.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsAnton YelchinAshley SommersLeonor VarelaIn a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.Rather effective adaptation of Dean Koontz's novel, better than I was expecting from the critical reception it got and it does seem to fit in with the general occult detective cross-genre, as he not only sees dead people but also malevolent entities which flock to death and destruction, he then has to investigate the mystery this is all leading him too.
Perhaps watch it in a double bill with John Dies at the End (as I thought it had certain resonances with it), but watch this second (it is better). - DirectorHark TsuiStarsCarina LauChien ShengMark You-Ting ChaoFrom legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.aka Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
A prequel to the 2010 film. - DirectorNisha GanatraStarsVictor GarberMichelle ForbesAlexa PenaVegaA family of archeologists hunt down artifacts from fairy tales that have been hidden around the globe.
- StarsSeiichi TanabeRin TakanashiHiroyuki OnoueUltra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monsters appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.The return of Ultra Q.
- DirectorHarry Locke IVStarsRobbie AllenPaul HirdJohn Constantine finds himself beaten and bound at the hands of a London gangster out to impress his boss by doing the dark magician in for good. A non-profit concept film that aims to re-imagine the cinematic representation of the dark hero from DC Comics and Vertigo lore, John Constantine of the "Hellblazer" series. In an adaption of Issue #230 written by Andy Diggle, "In at the deep end Pt.1."
- CreatorDaniel CeroneDavid S. GoyerStarsMatt RyanHarold PerrineauCharles HalfordA man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.I wasn't initially sold on the series, but as it went along it was clear it was drawing heavily on the ideas, themes and characters of the first series and doing it quite well, so it won me around in the end. However, I still find his accent jarring, but I am from Liverpool so...
- CreatorJohn RogersStarsRebecca RomijnChristian KaneLindy BoothA group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts.Seems to be Syfy filling the Warehouse 13 slot, with a possible eye on Agents of SHIELD.
- DirectorRichard Adam ReynoldsStarsDavid ChabeauxDarren MaffucciPaul MarshOne I added.
- DirectorMatt GonzalezStarsSteven HaworthJeryd PojawaTodd W. FulkersonSnakes, spiders, demons, magick, the occult, and bar fights; just another night for John Constantine. The battle in the heart of a true Hellblazer rages on and one family will never be the same.
- DirectorSammy CorradoStarsMatt RyanFrankie WagnerWhen clay animated John Constantine (Matt Ryan) comes to Los Angeles for the premiere of his new show, he quickly finds the rising darkness has put a clutch in the filmmaking process.A rather meta animated web series from DC.
Watch on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw4Goo8i-4 - StarsPeter StormareMax BrownChristopher LambertA bounty hunter of lost masterpieces is at the end of his tasks. But one last assignment by a mysterious Countess will force him to discover his dark legacy.
- Based on Steve Nile's comic book and novel series[1], but it has been in development for quite a while now.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Macabre - DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesPeter StormareReeves will reprise his role as supernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine. Who, in the original is dying, but sticks around to save his soul by keeping demons in hell from breaching earth.
- TV SeriesThe adventures of a British combat magician named William Gravel.Based on the Warren Ellis comics[1], should be good, if it ever gets off the ground (he hasn't had much like in this area, as Global Frequency, above, demonstrates).
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravel_%28comics%29 - This is an adaptation of the 1968 TV series.
- Based on the comic book of the same name.
- DirectorRick McVicarStarsNick MancusoWhen police investigators have run out of leads and hope, they seem to transcend the boundaries of space and time and discover information withheld from the rest of us.
- CreatorMax LandisStarsSamuel BarnettElijah WoodHannah MarksHolistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsDennis HopperPenelope Ann MillerEric BogosianIn a twisted 1950's where everyone does magic, a private detective investigates a murder case without it.
- CreatorTom GormicanKevin EttenStarsAdam ScottCraig RobinsonAlly WalkerA skeptical tough ex-cop is forced to team up with a nerdy scientist who is a firm believer in the paranormal. They must help a secret L.A.-based government agency deal with unexplained and paranormal occurrences.
- StarsMatt RyanDamian O'HareLaura BaileyAn animated series centering on the adventures of supernatural detective John Constantine.
- DirectorGordon ChanJanet ChunStarsChao DengLiu YifeiRonald ChengA government department known as the Six Panels appoints their best officer to infiltrate a special force called the Divine Constabulary, to ensure their way in stopping the circulation of counterfeit coin currency in the capital.
- DirectorGordon ChanStarsChao DengLiu YifeiAnthony Chau-Sang WongFour detectives, each with supernatural powers, dedicate their unique and special skills to solving crimes and apprehending powerful criminals.